Name/Title
Oil portrait of Anne Gilroy in oval frame, c. 1860Entry/Object ID
1990.12.89Description
ACC. NO. 90.12.89
SUBJECT CATEGORY: CITIZENS OF ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1860
OBJECT: PORTRAIT
DESCRIPTION:
OIL PAINTING, PORTRAIT, ON CANVAS IN OVAL-SHAPED GOLD-LEAF FRAME, WITH INNER GOLD-COLORED OVAL-SHAPED MATTE FRAME, TOPPED WITH GILDED POT METAL FILIGREE CRESTING. PORTRAIT PROTECTED BY CLEAR GLASS. PAINTING APPEARS TO BE UNSIGNED.
HISTORY OF OBJECT:
PORTRAIT OF ANNE GILROY (DIED SEPTEMBER 13, 1915 AND BURIED AT SAINT MARY'S CEMETERY, OAKLAND). SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF MAUDE GILROY MACDONALD (DIED MAY 17, 1911) AND MOTHER-IN-LAW OF NEIL MacDONALD (DIED APRIL 20, 1943), AND GRANDMOTHER OF ANNE M. MacDONALD. MRS. GILROY WAS A RESIDENT OF ALAMEDA AND LIVED WITH HER DAUGHTER, SON-IN-LAW, AND GRANDDAUGHTER AT 2066 SAN JOSE AVENUE, ALAMEDA. THE PORTRAIT (CIRCA 1860) WAS MOST LIKELY REFRAMED IN THE LATE 1890'S.
ACQUIRED FROM:
MUSEUM ACQUISITION FUND
DATE: FEBRUARY 10, 1990
